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Smart Electricity Solutions

Living without reliable electric lighting limits the productivity of nearly a quarter of the world’s population. Basic activities such as cleaning, reading, schoolwork, and household business cannot be done in the dark. Kerosene lamps are widely used for lighting in rural areas of Asia and Africa where electrical distribution is either not available, or too costly

Smallholder Farmers: A Solution to Poverty

Smallholder farmers make up 75% of Africa’s poor. The vast majority live in remote areas of the continent, and are isolated from basic agricultural tools and trainings. As a result, they struggle to grow enough to feed their families, and face an annual “hunger season” of meal-skipping and substitution. In rural East Africa, 10% of

Agricultural Finance

In order to move forward on two of our priorities in Latin America, Poverty Alleviation through Job Creation and Rainforest Preservation, we have partnered with Root Capital. This innovative organization utilizes a highly impactful model that not only increases the economic welfare of impoverished farmers and artisans, but also drives sustainable agriculture practices.

Conservation through Electricity

Impact Investing in Education

With a four year commitment, 3W is one of the founding investors of Acumen Fund’s Education and Employability Portfolio. Through our work with Partners in Health in Haiti and Pratham in India, 3W funds specific education programs. Our collaboration with Acumen is slightly different in that the Acumen Fund invests in private-sector companies that can provide basic services to the bottom of the pyramid, profitably and, therefore, sustainably.

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2015-03-16 | On March 3rd, Caribbean Harvest officially opened its Fish Processing Plant
in Haiti. On hand to cut the ribbon was the Minister of Agriculture,
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2015-03-12 | Root is featured in the latest print issue of The Economist -- see below.
The World We Want Foundation has supported Root Capital since 2010, and
Paul is a Board Director. We are thrilled the organization is getting the
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